Topic: Kirtan

from the Perfection of Yoga
by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
In India there are sacred places where yogis go to meditate in solitude, as prescribed in Bhagavad-gita.
Traditionally, yoga cannot be executed in a public place, but insofar as kirtan—mantra-yoga, or the yoga of chanting the Hare Krishna mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama,...

"Material activities and their results end with the body. But work in Krishna consciousness carries a person again to Krishna consciousness, even after the loss of the body."
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Today's Smart Quote is from the purport to Bhagavad-gita As It Is , 2.40:
TRANSLATION
In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type...

". . . The Lord created this material world to enable the conditioned souls to learn how to perform yajnas (sacrifices) for the satisfaction of Vishnu, so that while in the material world they can live very comfortably without anxiety and after finishing the present material body they can enter into the kingdom of God. That is the whole program for the conditioned soul."
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Today's Smart Quote...

". . . Krishna is the supreme ruler because everything belongs to Him and everything exists on His energy. Krishna, being situated in everyone's heart, is the supreme witness. The residences, countries or planets on which we live are also Krishna."
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Today's Smart Quote is from the purport to Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 9.18:
TRANSLATION
I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the...

"The Lord can be satisfied by sacrifices; therefore, one who cannot perform them will find himself in scarcity--that is the law of nature. Yajna, specifically the sankirtana-yajna prescribed for this age, must therefore be performed to save us at least from scarcity of food supply."
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Today's Smart Quote is from the purport to Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 3.14:
PURPORT (excerpt):
Food grains or...